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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

When someone is using a lot of energy

Hi

Is there any expression/idiom in English which means that someone is using a lot of his energy (or resources) on something trivial?

Or someone's efforts are not channelized. We have one expression in our language whose literal translation would be:

Don't kill a sparrow with a cannon.

or 

You're killing a sparrow with a cannon. 

Thanks,

Tom
  

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You're using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. That's overkill.

— Blue Jay

  • You're using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
  • That's overkill.
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You're using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
That's overkill.
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